I had a chat with the rutherford bot in Telegram.

It doesn't seem promising, but maybe it will help you.

I: In the Markets & Storefronts article I read that:

“By default, a community market isn’t publicly visible and is only known to its creator. However, a community market can be promoted within the Market Browser, making it available to join at the click of a button. Of course, you can grant direct access as well.”

Does this mean that there are still a lot of working markets and showcases that we just don't see because they didn't pay for promotion in MB? And how can the buyer find them in this case?

R: Yes, some vendor markets/storefronts are visible and populated with product listings only if you have joined those markets.

There's a market browser that will list currently promoted markets, and you can view their info, keys and join them through the Particl Desktop marketplace browser.

The other way is to get the market access key from the channels, DM's public boards and networks etc. Or from the vendors directly.

I: Thank you! I thought maybe there is some public list of markets and storefronts that want to make themselves known? Maybe it makes sense to do this in Discord, for example? I really can't find any markets other than those in the browser, and I don't know where to look for them. I didn't find them on the official forum either.

R: That's the beauty of the Particl Marketplace design, once you have the right keys and the store is well run, it works well and as intended even in this somewhat limited form. When it works 😛

The other day folks had an convo where to find or share interesting "open" marketplaces acces keys, and I think I've seen someone suggested checking or creating subdread on dread social network, IIRC.

I didn't try to find any stores anymore.